We arrive in Dublin on what is an overcast albeit, warm and pleasant evening. Despite a slight hiccup regarding location we eventually find our way and join the hordes of eager fans en route to the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Kilmainham Dublin.
Saturday night is a sold-out show for a group that has formed an impression on music lovers for over 3 decades. Hailing from the great city of Glasgow, Texas were going to be regaling a full Belfast crowd with decades of incredible southern style tunes that reach across the ages.
Review & Photography by Nathan Vestal for MPM I should have known the night was going to be complicated when the skies over Tinley Park turned that sickly green you only see before Midwest thunderstorms. I’d circled August 16th on my calendar for weeks (mostly because it was our anniversary weekend)—The Offspring, Jimmy Eat World, and New Found Glory at …
Buzzing and with the fields crammed full already, I made my way to the Arena early to go and catch seasoned Norwich thrash/alt outfit Shrapnel wake up Bloodstock on the main stage.
Saturday 16th August saw the seventh instalment in what is now a traditional August weekend Stiff Little Fingers gig in Belfast under the banner of "Putting the Fast in Belfast".
There’s no sneak meteorological ‘assaults’ even remotely in the day’s forecast as Friday, day two, dawns bright and blue.
Another fantastic line up gracing Bloodstock Festival for 2025 and another year entering Catton Hall with some 20,000 metal lovers, brings back that familiar feeling of being at home surrounded by friends and new memories awaiting.
Progressive metal meets craft beer as Chicago’s Dissona unveils their new record in an intimate brewery preview party.
They have brought the weather with them tonight, Belfast is roasting, nice journey up to the city to see these guys again, this is my third time seeing them in this venue and every time they come here the place is packed and yet again tonight, Belfast did not disappoint with place pretty full.
The evening air hung warm and thick outside Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms on August 9th, the kind of summer night that clings to your skin and buzzes with the low murmur of anticipation.
Its 09 August 2025 and in the Custom House Square plays host to a night of rock and punk rock to a massive crowd out for a night of fun and sun. Yes, it was one of those rare evenings in Northern Ireland that the big glowing yellow ball in the sky was shinning down on us all.
There’s nothing quite like getting stuck on a smart motorway, crawling along the M1 while the sun’s dropping and you’re desperately trying to get to a gig on time.
There was a great buzz when Night Demon announced their upcoming “Curse of the Damned 10th Anniversary Show”. The lads in particular Jarvis, have become local celebrities in our wee town despite hailing from Ventura, California.
Surely, it’s not Saturday already? Sadly, the enquiry is answered in the affirmative and thus my initial thought of the morning is that it’s the closing chapter of this year’s entry into the leather-bound grimoire that binds the annals of Rockharz.
2025 is certainly, with absolute respect to the other 58 bands here at Rockharz, the Year of the Wolf. High anticipation has been building over the course of the last 12 months since the announcement of Powerwolf’s headline slot and enigmatic keyboardist Falk Maria Schlegel holding a meet and greet ‘confessional’ during last year’s festival.
Geoff rolls into Glasgow to play Operation Mindcrime in its entirety one last time and what a way to retire this album.